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Friday, November 13, 2009

Bring on those fruits and veggies

About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight. The analysis, released recently by the American Institute for Cancer Research, is based on updated cancer data and a report released earlier this year by a panel of experts.

The types of cancer most strongly linked to excess body fat include breast cancer, endometrial, kidney, colorectal, pancreas, esophagus, and gall bladder. For the full story click here:

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